From the famous witch trials of the 17th century to the trial of Dorothy Talbye and the large population of Wiccan practitioners who live in Salem today, explore what made this colonial hamlet the most haunted city in the world.
Halloween Decor – How to Make Ghosts in Store Windows
The exact positioning of the projector and screen are critical to making the ghost projection appear real and lifelike. Like any good recipe, the devil is in the details. Each time we set this up, we tried different layouts and different devices until we achieved the right effect.
Halloween Hairstyles: How To Make Your Hair The Best Part of This Year’s Costume
This Halloween, create an epic costume with these ultimate Halloween hairstyles. Follow the step-by-step instructions for styles ranging from beehives to braids.
Hal-Con: Halifax’s Pre-Eminent Geek Gala
Symphony Nova Scotia’s special sci-fi concert that Hallowe’en evening was hosted by John Rhys-Davies, a Welsh actor who played Gimli the dwarf in the film trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”, and our author George Burden had the chance to meet him!
In Search of Dracula
Hunyadi Castle, in Eastern Transylvania, is the major sight in the town of Hunedoara, which is studded with abandoned factories that date back to the Ceausescu era of the 1970s and 80s. Hunyadi’s origins echo 15th century masonry, and Vlad Tepes, it is suspected, might have been imprisoned within its walls at one time.
A Not Very Spooky Halloween Story
Sometimes the mean, old lady who just moved into the neighbourhood has the best yard during Halloween. Sometimes the mean old lady isn’t so mean after all. Or old.
Would The Real Dracula Please Stand Up?
Having just returned from Halloween partying in Transylvania, on the premises of a medieval castle where Vlad the Impaler may once have been imprisoned, I feel knowledgeable enough to give my two cents worth on the topic.
Halloween, or How I Like to be Goofy Too!
Halloween lets us be something or someone we are not. It also lets us cut loose and go a bit crazy.
EEEEK! Flying Spiders!
While most only fly a short distance, others are taken up into the jet stream, some ascending into the upper atmosphere … where they can survive without food for up to 25 days! And this… is how they invade islands and mountain tops!
Hey Jimmy Kimmel! I Told My Kids I Ate their Halloween Candy.
Halloween… the aftermath.